Sunday 5 April 2020

Native Doctor commits suicide in Abia


A native doctor in Abia state, identified as Onyeonoziri Friday, has allegedly committed suicide in front of his home in Ukpakiri village in Amaise autonomous community in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State, leaving behind a pregnant wife and a son.

The state Commissioner of Police, Ene Okon, who confirmed Onyeonoziri's death to newsmen, said the native doctor hung himself in front of his shrine which is located at the back of his apartment. He was said to have been battling with series of illnesses and became frustrated and depressed after several efforts to get healed through different sacrifices proved abortive.

A source in the area who gave her name as Ogadinma Nwachukwu told The Naton that they woke up on Sunday morning to the cry of help from his compound.

''It was this morning that we started hearing cries from his house and when we all gathered, we discovered that our brother, whom we all sat yesterday with is gone.
When we asked the wife, she said that the husband told her that he was going to pass the night at Ntighauzor. After that, she went inside the house while the husband told her that he wants to leave his machine behind the house. According to her, she came out in the morning, only to see the corpse of the husband dangling on a tree behind their house.” Ogadinma said

The police say investigation is ongoing to determine if there is any foul play.

Medical kits received from China are not contaminated- NCDC


The Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, has dispelled rumors that the medical kits brought in from China are contaminated.

Rumors have been rife that the medical equipments donated to Nigeria by Jack Ma, Chinese billionaire businessman, were contaminated. The NCDC on April 5, debunked the rumors saying the the medical kits are good and are effective when safely used by health workers.

Use your God given wisdom at this time- Chude Jideonwo tells Christians as clergymen peddle conspiracy theories linking Coronavirus and 5G network


Award-winning media personality, Chude Jideonwo, has asked Christians to use their God given wisdom at this time that the world is battling the Coronavirus pandemic.

Chude made the call as more Clergymen come out to whip up conspiracy theories linking the Coronavirus pandemic to the emergence of the 5G networks.

Use your God given wisdom at this time- Chude Jideonwo tells Christians as clergymen peddle conspiracy theories linking Coronavirus and 5G network
Recall that yesterday, a video of Chris Oyakhilome, founder of Christ Embassy churches surfaced online in which he claimed the Coronavirus and the 5G network being proposed is part of the Antichrist's plan for a new world order.

In a post shared on his Facebook page, Chude said if such men can come out boldly to pass such ignorant information, it is important for those who know better to also step out and enlighten the world that the Coronavirus pandemic and 5G network have no corrolation. He appealed to Christians not to listen to their pastors for now because the pastors themselves are susceptible to fear and misinformation.

Read his post below
I cannot believe that we actually have to say this.
But as one Christian to another, and since I am lucky to have a public platform people pay attention to, I believe I have a responsibility to speak out at this time. And quickly.
Just like me, on this matter of Covid-19, your pastors are not experts.
At this time of mass panic, your pastors are susceptible to fear, to misinformation, and - without checks and balances - to misuse use their influence and platform to inadvertently cause harm.
But if those who are peddling conspiracy theories that may end up killing millions are bold and fearless with it, I think it is important for those who know this 5G conspiracy theory (like all other conspiracy theories over the past millenia) is destructive and deeply dangerous to speak out.
If the anti-Christ or the West or China wanted to destroy anyone, there are smarter ways than a virus that kills their own people and tanks their own economies.
Conspiracy theories always sound deep and bold. But they are nonetheless deeply irresponsible without facts, without proof, without informed corroboration.
Please, use your God given wisdom at this time and think of all those who are dying and all those who are saving them.
It’s not conspiracy theorists that are saving lives at this moment at the treatment facilities in Lagos, Enugu and the world.
They are not the ones who will help you if your family members get infected.
It’s doctors. It’s researchers. It’s scientists. It's public health experts. They are the ones saving lives. It’s the partners who have worked with them over the past three decades - including oyinbo billionaires who have done more to save lives in this country via fighting polio, malaria, HIV free of charge - that are saving more lives. They have saved more lives than any and all pastors.
Listen to them when it comes to health and disease.
And this is what the VAST MAJORITY of experts, doctors and researchers are saying: as at today, based on all we know about Covid, any link with 5G is NIL.
Please, don’t allow authority figures who don’t what they are doing confuse you at this time with the confidence of their errors.
They might even be motivated by love and wanting to spread what they consider to be truth, but it is still an irresponsible thing to do.
You can love them, you can pray for them, you can listen to them when it comes to doctrine. But when it comes to disease, PLEASE ignore them. For the sake of you and your families.
“But beware lest somehow this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to those who are weak.” — I Corinthians? ?8:9? ?NKJV??
#PleaseStaySafe

FG has politicized the fight against COVID-19- Rivers state Governor Nyesom Wike


Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has accused the Federal government of politicizing the fight against the spread of coronavirus, describing the "selective support" to states as unfortunate.

Citing Lagos state as an example, Governor Wike said the commercial hub of the nation has received so much support from the Federal government but the same support has not been extended to Rivers state which he according to him, produces a greater percentage of the nation's wealth as an oil producing state.

Speaking in a statewide broadcast on Sunday April 5, Governor Wike said
 "It is quite unfortunate that the containment of coronavirus has been politicized by the Federal Government. While Lagos State received a grant of N10billion as a commercial hub, Rivers State as the nation’s oil and gas hub that produces a greater percentage of the nation’s wealth has not received any support from the Federal Government.
"One wonders why Federal Government should single out a state out of 36 States to give support. Does it mean that support will come when a State has a record of over 50 infected persons before it gets support. No state should be seen as more important than any other state. This is a Federal Republic. No state is superior to others.
"Rivers State is entitled to support from the Federal Government. Every day, we are inundated with letters from the Federal Government to allow oil companies to fly in expatriates to drill Oil. Then we ask, what is the status of those coming from Lagos? Nobody has told us their status as regards coronavirus. If they come to come Rivers without us knowing their status, what will be implication assuming they have the virus." he said

Coronavirus Lockdown: Taraba couple get married in their living room


A couple in Taraba state defied all odds to have their wedding yesterday April 4th despite the statewide restriction of movement and social gatherings due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The couple had initially planned months ahead for their wedding and insisted they had to go ahead with it despite the restriction. Their wedding took place in their living room with only close members of their family in attendance,

Saturday 4 April 2020

Update: Photos of the young man shot dead by soldier enforcing lockdown order in Warri


A youth leader Joseph Pessu was shot dead today by a soldier at Ada Val Arenyenka street, along the Ugbuwangue axis of the NPA Expressway, Warri, Delta state for disobeying the lockdown order.

The incident which happened at about 9:40am on Thursday, April 2, while the victim was riding his power bike, caused chaos in the community as youths attacked soldiers in retailiation to Pessu's death.

Pessu's friends have taken to Facebook to mourn his death. See their posts and more photos of the deceased below.

Update: Photos of the young man shot dead by soldier enforcing lockdown order in WarriUpdate: Photos of the young man shot dead by soldier enforcing lockdown order in Warri
Update: Photos of the young man shot dead by soldier enforcing lockdown order in Warri
Update: Photos of the young man shot dead by soldier enforcing lockdown order in Warri
Update: Photos of the young man shot dead by soldier enforcing lockdown order in Warri
Update: Photos of the young man shot dead by soldier enforcing lockdown order in Warri